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Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 8 & 9)
By SUZAN-LORI PARKS
Directed by JO BONNEY
PUBLIC LAB - ALL TICKETS $10!
Public LAB is an annual series of new plays that lets you see more of the work you love from The Public and LAByrinth Theater Company in stripped-down productions for ONLY $10. Public LAB allows us to support more artists and gives you immediate access to new plays.
Suzan-Lori Parks takes the stage to play the role of our guide leading through a multimedia epic tale about slavery, war, freedom, and the difficulty of family ties. Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 8 & 9) tells the story of Penny, a slave, awaiting her husband’s return from the Civil War while resisting her own desire to flee with a band of runaway slaves. Currently, Suzan-Lori Parks is the Master Writer Chair at The Public Theater, where she premiered: The America Play, Venus, In the Blood, Fucking A, 365 Days/365 Plays, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
New Extended Performance Schedules for Public LAB 2009 Shows!
Friday, June 5- Sunday, June 28
Tuesday at 7pm
Wednesday - Friday at 8pm
Saturday at 2pm & 8pm
Sunday at 2pm & 7pm
Added Performance: Mon 6/22 at 8pm
No Performance/Unavailable: Sat 6/6 at 2pm, Sun 6/7 at 7pm, Sun 6/14 at 2pm, Thur 6/25 at 8pm
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TUESDAY NIGHT PUBLIC LAB SPEAKER SERIES: Please join us for the Public LAB Speaker Series, Tuesday nights following the performance, which will consist of engaging post-show conversations with the artists and notable panelists. Be sure to check back for the most up-to-date schedule and information.
June 16th: Metadrama: Bring it on!
Suzan-Lori Parks in conversation with Glenda Carpio (Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and English at Harvard University and author of Laughing Fit to Kill: Black Humor in the Fictions of Slavery).
June 23rd: Meet the Artists of Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1 & 8)
Suzan-Lori Parks and cast members in conversation with Artistic Director Oskar Eustis.
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Check out the other PUBLIC LAB shows!
TALES OF AN URBAN INDIAN
By DARRELL DENNIS (Shuswap)
Directed by HERBIE BARNES (Ojibway)
February 20 - March 15
KNIVES AND OTHER SHARP OBJECTS
By RAÚL CASTILLO
Directed by FELIX SOLIS
March 27 - April 19
BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON: THE CONCERT VERSION
Written and Directed by ALEX TIMBERS
Music and Lyrics by MICHAEL FRIEDMAN
May 5 - May 24